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    “The Old Man and the Sea” Final Paper Ernest Hemingway wrote the story “The Old Man and the Sea” in a way that does not make manifest the point of whether or not the protagonist, Santiago, is successful after returning home from the sea. When seeing the sole person he cares about, Manolin, he feels relieved after having been gone for so long. At the same time the villagers realize that the feat Santiago had achieved was unrivaled by any of the other villagers’ accomplishments. The fact that he…

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    “They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” (Mark: 1: 22) The imposing figure of G.K. Chesterton, English writer and wit, was often seen squeezed behind a table in London restaurants. Chesterton always joked about his large bulk, saying that it gave him the consolation of offering his seat in the train to three ladies. During one of his literary lunches Chesterton was expounding on the relationship between power and authority.…

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    Hemingway based much of his writing on a famous code of behavior. He used the code as a kind of background in the story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”. He uses the short story to show readers there are no guidelines for life, one should view things as they are, no matter the difficulty, one should contain his or her despair and self-pity by sheer willpower, one should not make trouble for others, and one should not judge others, but see them with “irony and pity.” Even though Hemingway did not…

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    Thump… Thump thump… Thump… Thump thump, is this what a heart attack feels like? Thump thump… Just stay calm Piper you are fine… Thump… do not draw attention to yourself that will make things worse. “Are you okay, what's wrong”...Thump… play it cool Piper do not ruin this for her… Thump thump… “I'm fine”. I was fifteen when I had my first panic attack. I was at a music festival with my sister and her best friend; It was my first concert. My sister had surprised me with tickets because I really…

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    people think of him. By carefully analyzing key research, such as the novel, one can come up with a certain conclusion that the main character, Santiago represents the desires, the mentality, and the lifestyle that is identical to Hemingway's. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway portrays the old man, Santiago, with the desires, the mentality, and the lifestyle. Santiago is an old Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty four days without catching any fish. Santiago is…

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    In Ernest Hemingway's showstopper, The Old Man and the Sea, he utilizes much imagery to support the perusers understanding of the back rub he is attempting to depict. The Old Man and the Sea isn't simply a book about an old man and the ocean. There are numerous concealed implications to it. Every component speaks to distinctive things. The marlin, for instance, speaks to quality, excellence and the last test we all go however. The lions in his fantasies look like youth, flexibility, furthermore…

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    fails to accomplish a task or goal they aspired to achieve, often, they strive to redeem themselves. Through the tough obstacles and hindrances, only the ones with exceptional grit eventually reach redemption. The novella The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, illustrates the idea of redemption throughout the story. The Old Man and the Sea is an ambiguous novel about a fisherman named Santiago, who hadn’t caught a fish in 84 days so he goes out into the ocean for a few days to redeem…

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    World War I was very tragic time, and only a few novelist captured the true lives of people who lived during that time. Ernest Hemingway, an english author who was in the Italian first aid during World War I, is one of the novelist who show an aspect of life during World War I in the novel Farewell to Arms. Hemingway tries to show what people had to deal with during those times. A man named Fredi, who is an american in the Italian first aid, meets a woman who he falls in love with. He tries to…

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    An Encounter Without Words Encounter is a short film directed by Giacomo De Bello that details the encounter between two strangers at a train station. It follows these two characters as they travel and tells a story of attraction and hesitance. The film centers on their unique encounter without actually using dialogue to make the characters interact. The film starts with a guy sitting on a bench, tapping his leg as he waits for the train. A girl approaches the scene and it's as if the…

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    In the darkness of midnight, one well lit cafe is a refuge from loneliness for men, each with their own beliefs and attitudes. During a time in which the world is full of hardship and pain in the years following World War I, many men have given up hope, however, they still have the will to carry out the rest of their lives with honor. In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” Hemingway uses his three characters to show that there is no meaning to life, yet mankind still has the desire to live through…

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